Stand for sad-irons.



0. H. FRANK.

STAND FOR SAD IRONS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.26, 1911.

Patented June 25, 1912.

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OTTO I-I. FRANK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

STAND FOB SAD-IRONS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1912.

Application filed December 26, 1911. Serial No. 667,975.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OTTO H. FRANK, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of New York, borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have in vented a certain new and useful Improvement in Stands for Sad-Irons, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates more particularly to a class of stands adapted to be used for supporting sad-irons while ironing articles of clothing.

My invention'has for its object primarily to provide a form of stand designed to be used for supporting a sad-iron, and wherein is employed a holder for carrying wax whereby the ironing surface of the utensil may be conveniently coated with the wax at convenient intervals as well as providing a pad or wiper in conjunction therewith for cleaning the ironing surface so as to facilitate the work of pressing articles of clothing and obviating the necessity of a person holding the sad-iron in a manner with one hand to permit the wax to be applied thereon by the other hand which method often subjects the person to the danger of being burned or otherwise injured.

Another object of the invention is to provide a supporting element for the pad or wiper, and which is preferably in the form of a receptacle adapted also to be used for retaining the wax when the stand is not in use; and a further object of the invention is to provide means adapted to permit the pad or wiper to be readily applied upon the supporting element.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, the said invention being more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a top plan of one form of my stand for sad-irons embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line IIII of Fig. 1.

The device or stand 10 has a rest or supporting plate 11 which is preferably of the shape of a sad-iron, and said plate is supported by a plurality of legs, as 12, which may be of any desired length. Upon the opposed lengthwise edges of the rest or supporting plate 11 are upwardlyprojecting flanges 13 and 1 1 between which the iron may be positioned so as toprevent it from accidentally falling from the stand when in use. Upon one end of the rest or supporting plate 11 is an extension 15 which is preferably integrally formed to said supporting plate and is disposed on alinement therewith. Adjacent to the free end of the extension 15 of the supporting plate 11 and upon the top surface thereof is a pocket 16 which may be formed by a boss having a recess in its upper surface and a central opening 17 thercthro-ugh, whereby a piece of ironing wax, as 18, of the well known type and having a handle, as 19, may be seated in the pocket in a manner, as shown in the drawing, so that the handle thereof will project through the opening 17. In or der to hold the handle 19 so that the piece of wax will be held against displacement in the position shown, a tube 20 is provided upon the underside of the extension 15 and in a manner whereby the passage therethrough communicates with the central opening 17 of said extension.

Through the extension 15 and between the pocket 16 and the supporting plate 11 is an opening in which is held a supporting element 21 which is in the form of a circular shaped receptacle. or receptacle 21 is held in an inverted posi tion in the extension 15 so as to extend some distance above and underneath the extension. The top plate 22 of the receptacle is adapted to carry a pad, or wiper 22 so that a sad-iron may be cleaned by directing it over the wiper at intervals either before or after the ironing surface thereof is coated with wax by guiding the iron over the top surface of the piece of wax 18. By this arrangement it is evident that the necessity for holding the iron in one hand and using the wax upon its ironing surface by the other hand is obviated, and furthermore the work of ironing clothes or the like will be greatly facilitated by this improved method.

Serving as a means to permit the pad or wiper 22 to be readily applied upon the top of the supporting element or receptacle 11, I provide upon the portion thereof which is above the extension 15 a removable ring 23 and a rigidly held annular flange 24. When the pad or wiper in the form of cloth or other material is smoothly applied upon the top plate 22 of the receptacle 11 the ring The supporting element 23 is guided thereover and by forcing it in the direction of the annular flange 24: the wiper will be tightly secured upon the receptacle for use as above described. When the stand is not in use and to prevent the wax from being accidentally lost it may be removed from the pocket 16 of the stand and placed in the receptacle 11, as indicated in dotted lines, at 25, and a cover, as 26, may then be employed to close the receptacle.

In the foregoing description I have embodied the preferred form of my'invention, but I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, therefore I reserve to myself the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope thereof.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A device of the character described, comprising a supporting plate, an extension formed upon one end of the supporting plate and having an opening therethrough, an inverted receptacle secured in the opening and having a portion extending above and below the extension, means adapted to permit a wiper to be removably applied upon the top of the receptacle, and a lid to close said receptacle.

2. A device of the character described,

comprising a supporting plate, an extension formed upon one end of the supporting plate and having an opening therethrough, an inverted receptacle secured in the opening and having a portion extending above and below the extension, a ring removably held upon the portion of the receptacle above the extension whereby a wiper may be removably held upon the receptacle, a lid to close said receptacle, and a pocket provided in said extension so that a piece of wax may be carried therein.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a supporting plate, an extension formed upon one end of the supporting plate and having an opening therethrough, an inverted receptacle secured in the opening and having a portion extending above and below the extension, a ring removably held upon the portion of the receptacle above the extension whereby a wiper may be removably held upon the receptacle, a lid to close said receptacle, and means provided upon the extension and adapted to securely hold a piece of wax upon the upper surface of said extension.

This specification signed and witnessed this twenty second day of December A. D.

OTTO H. FRANK. Witnesses: R0131. B. ABBOTT,

E. M. JERKE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C. 

